Cricket Australia(CA) just announced on Thursday that Australia will be hosting India in five One Day Internationals and three T20 Internationals in January next year. These matches will be played from 12 to 31 of January, 2016. Well it will be a complete battle between the two champions of world cricket. Australia will look to build on the success of the world cup and maintain its supremacy over India at home while on the other hand, Team India will consider it as a great opportunity to take the revenge for the world cup semi-final defeat.

The executive general manager of the board of Australian cricket Mike McKenna said,” We want to build on this great momentum.” Following the world cup, we are determined that local Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Afghan, Sri Lankan and other overseas born fans who packed Australia’s grounds with good humoured noise are able to maintain their love and passion for cricket as a part of Australian lifestyles”, he added. The former champions will take on the present champions in five matches Victoria Bitter series of One Day Internationals and three match KFC T20 Internationals.

The previous meeting between these two top sides of world cricket was in the semi-finals of the World Cup 2015 where it witnessed a full packed stadium with passionate fans of both the teams supporting them with full enthusiasm. McKenna also announced the complete schedule for the one day and T20 Internationals as the first One Day match will be played at the WACA in Perth on January 12 followed by Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. The T20Is will be played at Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney from 26 of January.

The clash between the top two nations will be a treat to watch for the Indian and Aussie fans and thus the stadium is expected to be filled in large numbers. The fans will also witness the best of entertainment and thrill on the television. There is a lot to improve and gain for the visiting team as they lost the Test series to Australia and was not even able to win a single match in the tri-series for the first time in 47 years. Thus it will be a great opportunity for the men in blue to payback the favour to the host.

With the T20 World Cup coming up in the next year in India from March11, the T20Is series will prove to an ideal preparation for both the teams. The Aussies will be playing with their old traditional methods, and the young team India will look to play in the same aggressive manner which they played last time around. Overall it will to be a cracking contest between the two powerhouses of the world cricket.